Those who served their country in WW1
Search for all who served in WW1, whose families had some connection with Bollington and Kerridge.
Results of search: surname Fleet
Sons of John Fleet and Maria Elizabeth (formerly Sleddon).
Private THOMAS FRANCIS FLEET 7th Battalion British Columbia Regiment 16426 was born 11 January 1884 at Walton Liverpool and baptised at Tarporley 15 June 1886. He lived at Coppenhall in 1891 and at Rochdale in 1901. He emigrated to Canada and worked as a logger. There is a possible match for him on the 1910 US census at Pierce County, Washington State USA. He enlisted 18 September 1914 at Valcartier near Quebec. The local paper reported in 1915 that he had been wounded at Ypres.
Private HERBERT SLEDDON FLEET 126th Over Seas “Peel” Battalion was born 13 December 1889 at Birkenhead. He lived at Coppenhall in 1891 and at Rochdale in 1901. He emigrated on “Dominion” 30 May 1907 from Liverpool to Quebec. He lived at Toronto Canada in 1911 with wife Eliza and daughters Gertrude (age 3) and Lilian (age 1). He enlisted 7 February 1916 at Toronto.
He is listed on the 1917 Roll of Honour.
Corporal HARRY ROBINSON FLEET 1st Cheshire Regiment 9877 was born 1894 at Crewe, lived at Rochdale in 1901 and worked as a bobbin turner, living with his parents at Middleton Junction in 1911. He first served in France & Flanders 16 August 1914 and was later taken as a Prisoner of War. He was named on the absent voters list for 18 Bollington Cross in 1918. He was an Assistant Scout Master with the 1st Bollington Scout Troop. It is thought that he died in 1939 at Littleborough Lancashire.
He is listed on the 1917 Roll of Honour.
Notes:
Please note that MOST (about 60%) of WW1 army service records did not survive the London blitz of WW2. If (and only if) soldiers served overseas they would have received campaign medals - campaign medal rolls and index cards have generally survived, but only show brief key details. If a soldier served overseas before the end of 1915, the index card shows the date of first arrival in a theatre of war. If there is no date on the card, the soldier first served after the end of 1915. In many cases this is all that is known about a soldier's service.
As a general rule in these short histories, details of campaign medals awarded are NOT included unless there is something of particular interest. See the section on Medals for an explanation of how soldiers qualified for the various campaign medals.
Unless otherwise stated, addresses are in Bollington, near Macclesfield. St John's was the local Anglican church, and St Gregory's was the local Roman Catholic church. (Neither church is still in use, replaced by St Oswald's and the new St Gregory's respectively. However, each of the former churches has its own burial ground.) The Wesleyan Methodist chapel is on Wellington Road opposite St Gregory's, but is no longer in use as a chapel. The Primitive Methodist church (now demolished) was on High Street and the Methodist New Connexion chapel (now demolished) was on Grimshaw Lane. The Congregationalist chapel was at the bottom end of Palmerston Street; part of the building still stands and is now used as offices.
In some cases, details of army organisation, battalion movements, etc have been extracted from The Long, Long Trail website.
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